Chapter 6

"Where's James?" Daisuke looked around the room. Wiz was sleeping on the sofa. "Wake up, breakfast is ready!" Towa walked into the room. Daisuke got up and noticed JD sleeping on his blanket. "Can't you pick him up and throw him down!" "Calm down, he's tired. Let him sleep. Towa said he's awake at night." "He's supposed to asleep at night! He needs to start acting like human." Dark sighed. JD reached out to Daisuke and yawned. "Just rest." Daisuke stroked JD and went downstairs.

He was back soon and what he saw worried him. JD was holding Towa in his paws. His claws were sticking out. "Let her go! You'll hurt her!" Yelled Daisuke at him. JD immediately let her go. "We were just playing, I don't think he would harm me." Towa tried to save the situation. "Turn into me, he won't listen to you." Dark grabbed JD by fur. "What gotten into you?!" "Well, all darks hunt." Said JD nervously and turned back into human. Dark was checking his nails. "Emiko should trim them. They are growing pretty fast." "You don't hunt?" JD looked into Darks eyes. "No, I hate people that see hurting animals as a hobby!" "But you are supposed to hunt." JD thought that humans harmed Dark. He doesn't hunt or use magic, he isn't even scared of water. "We need to do something with your bad habits. There are rules, you have to follow if you want to live here!" Dark got up and left. "Rules are meant to be broken. You should know that as a thief!" Said JD to himself.

At night JD sneaked out to meet Krad. He couldn't wait for the surprise. Maybe he'll be able to see his friend once again. He carefully sneaked into the mansion. Daisuke was out with Riku, so he had enough time for himself. He looked around and heard some voices. He wanted to get out but his curiosity got best of him, He turned into cat and followed them.

"There will be no more Dark. Kokuyoku will soon appear." "In that case, we should act as soon as possible, my dear servant." JD knew it was Krad talking to someone. There is just one more thing we have to do." He heard him saying. "If they find me here I'm so dead." JD was scared. He jumped out of window and ran away. "I should warn Dark but if I do it, I won't learn anything about Kokuyoku. What is it for?" His head was full of questions. He carefully sneaked into Daisukes room and laid on his bed. Dark was out stealing so he could rest for a while.

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"James, I have work for you to do." Bill gave JD a small package with white substance. "Why do you need flour. You're a leader not a chef..." "Shut up kid! This is not flour. It's a candy for adults." "Candy, may I have some?" He got slapped and soon Bill was stroking him. "You know that I would never harm you. Be a good child and bring it to this address. I have a different candy for you." Luckily it wasn't that far. Surprisingly JD got 1000 golden coins for that. If he was selling this, soon his mom would help enough money to get better medical care. It was 5 times that much from what he got from delivering news. He went back to Bill. "They gave me 1000 coins! May I keep at least half of it? Please." Bill stroked him. "They are yours. If you want to I give you address for a man who makes these goodies." JD had stars in his eyes. He can finally help his mom. JD hugged his friend.

"I have a small gift for you." He took Camels out of his pocket. "What's that? Is it a snack?" James took out a cigarette and bitten into it. He cringed. "How can you eat this? It's disgusting!" "You're not supposed to eat this! Let me show you..." Bill started smoking, he also gave one cigarette to James. "Just watch." JD was quite good at mimicking his friend. "So, this is what world of adults looks like." He thought.

"Why do I have to work so much? You have more free time than I do and you're an leader." Bill grabbed James by arm. "You know there were two darks born into aristocratic family. They looked more like angels one with black wings the other with white. Unlike us they didn't have cat ears. The royal family loved them very much. Mousy brat, Dark the oldest became first leader. Remember the picture I showed to you, that was him. His job was to speak on behalf of common people." JD smiled. "That's nice of him. An aristocrat who wants to help others." "Shut up and listen!" Yelled Bill at James. "He knew nothing about us. He was proudly presenting that poverty is a myth and that we shouldn't believe in hunger.

I had the chance to meet him in person. Mousy brat wasn't like us. He enjoyed his life of luxury and didn't know what job means. Unlike him I had to work hard to be able to study at collage. Dark was like a spoiled mistress. He and his brother had the school wrapped around their little fingers. Normally darks were bullied and mistreated by others, except for this one. He didn't know what curse of black wings is!" "What happened to him?" James asked. He usually heard people saying good things about first leader. "He ran away during revolution. Like any other royal. It's almost 300 years since he left. Hopefully he passed somewhere. The only thing he deserves is suffering!" Bill used magic of fire to create an illusion of young Dark being attacked by flashes of fire. "This is the future he deserves. You can't kill and evil person. You have to torture them, so they understand the agony they did!"

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JD opened his eyes. "I have to kill Mousy!"

He went to Krad. There were few things we wanted to know. He was already waiting for him. "Where have you been?" He asked JD. "I forgot one thing, May I ask you about something?" "Sure" "What is Kokuyoku?" Krad was taken back. How could the child knew about it.. "It's an artwork that created me and Mousy." "You want to say, you've hid into it." Corrected JD Krad. "Dark was first leader, but he betrayed his people, so he had to run away. You are his brother." Krad was surprised. "How do you know about this?" "My friend told me about it. That's why I have to murder Dark." Tears started falling down JD's face. How can he kill his cousin? "Don't cry. You would not cry for someone who made others suffer so much."

Krad stroked JD's face. He knew the kid is now on his side. "Do not worry child. Soon Dark wont be here with us." "Well, if the Kokuyoku thing wouldn't 't work out, I have a deal for you. JD took out scroll. "If Dark sealed you, thanks to this contract you'll get to Mogavia. The Queen is old and will die soon, so you'll be the new king." Krad smiled. He knew JD's magic can not be this strong. But he didn't want to ruin his joy and sighed it. "Thanks, you won't regret his." JD hugged him. "I won't but you will." Said Krad to himself and smiled at him.